[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-326":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1510875,1962,"Chapter 326 - 325: “The Vampire”","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-326",326,"\u003Cp>Ten regiments of the Mordian Iron Guard spread across the front lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blyek battle tanks, painted jet-black, bore striking red-and-white markings on their turrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mordians, who lived under an eternal night, preferred vivid colors for their uniforms and war machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tank engines thundered as they advanced over the scorched earth, blackened by orbital bombardment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Artillery crews loaded and fired the battle cannons, raining shells down on the slave armies several kilometers ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Rangdan overlord roared in fury, hidden fortresses shed their camouflage, and compact Shadow Blasters emerged to counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of radioactive electromagnetic bombardment struck several tanks, leaving dark, smoldering imprints across the cratered terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such horrors could not shake the iron resolve of the Mordians. The armored columns pressed onward without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 1st through 10th Regiments of the Iron Guard formed the main strike force, their Blyek tanks upgraded with superior weapon systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Companies One through Five opened fire with plasma cannons, destructive beams lanced through the air and smashed into the fortress' energy shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky erupted in booming detonations. Companies Six through Ten followed up immediately, their tanks unleashing twin multi-barrel melta weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The searing beams, invisible to the unaugmented eye, burned across the iron bastions, melting steel at a rate visible even from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metal flowed like molten tar, twisted and deformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the collapsing fortresses came waves of enslaved humans, driven by neural collars. They burned to ash as they ran, freed at last from their wretched bondage through death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a Vostroyan-pattern Rhino Command Vehicle, Bukayo studied the holoscreens around him and thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Mordians are performing better than I expected. Not only have they crushed several of the overlord-led slave armies, they're systematically dismantling the enemy fortifications.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If the Rangdan xenos don't want the situation to collapse completely, they'll have to launch a full-scale counterattack soon.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if on cue, more Rangdan slave troops poured out from the tunnel systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rat-headed Rangdan overlord, hunched and nearly three meters tall, led a host of warriors into the counteroffensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlord opened his fanged maw and let out a piercing psychic scream directed at a Blyek battle tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mind-shock wave tore through the tank's armored shell, echoing within the steel hull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mordian crew winced in agony, but they didn't falter, even as blood seeped from their ears, they kept firing at the slave army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds later, the gunner manning the starboard melta barrels could endure no more; he clutched his ears, though it did nothing, the scream reverberated directly within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rangdan overlord clenched his claws, and suddenly two Blyek tanks swiveled their turrets, and fired on their own allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the command vehicle, Bykayo watched grimly as numerous Rangdan psykers appeared, unleashing waves of psychic power upon the Iron Guard lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their strange and potent energy tore through over forty Blyek tanks in an instant, blasting a hole in the front line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cunningly hidden among the slave hordes, their dispersed formation made counterfire nearly useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deploy!\" Arshavin barked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summon the Legio Astorums!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting in reserve, the Astartes armored vehicles and Titans roared to life, engines howling as they charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warlord-class Titan Heart of Fearlessness was the first to reach the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its machine-spirit bellowed in fury as the colossal cannons locked onto the Rangdan overlord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlord's personal energy shield was torn apart. Raising one claw, he projected a telekinetic force field, with the other, he thrust forward violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A telekinetic blast slammed into the Titan's void shields, which flared and flickered under the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlord's invisible hand pushed hard, and the Heart of Fearlessness staggered back, its void shields collapsing under the strain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Titan's machine-spirit roared in defiance, both its arm cannons continuing to pour relentless fire into the alien's barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions thundered in rapid succession as shells shattered the invisible psychic shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final shriek, the Rangdan overlord's body was torn apart, shredded into nothing by the storm of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legio Astorums arrived at the most critical points of the front, while the Third Chapter of the Shadows of Order engaged the Rangdan main force in brutal close-quarters combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Third Chapter's lines, Chief Apothecary Mikael darted across the battlefield, fulfilling his duty as battlefield medic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike most Apothecaries who bore white armor, those of the Shadows of Order wore black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their right pauldrons bore the variant sigil of the High Helix, a pair of outstretched black wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his ascension to \"Vampire\", Mikael had come to despise the traditional white armor of other Apothecaries; its brilliance under light made him feel… uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Vampire's\" ethereal Dark Wings granted him speed beyond that of any in the Shadows of Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He darted across the field, sometimes leaping high into the air, sometimes gliding low, a blur amidst chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sharpened senses picked out the scent of blood amid the stench of alien flesh, machine oil, and the metallic tang of Astartes blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, fifteen Thunderwolves and forty-one Catachan Wolves sprinted across the wasteland, weaving between explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overlord raised his staff, a pillar of flame shot skyward, hurtling toward Mikael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vampire's black phantom wings flared, he dove sharply downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left arm was unarmored, instead encased in a flexible gauntlet crafted from the chitin of a Catachan devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its tip was an opening, allowing his real hand to extend outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His claws elongated unnaturally, covered in cryptic runes and intricate patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swift motion, the \"Corrosive Claw\" struck, raking across the overlord's energy shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep gouge appeared instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vampire's hand slashed again and again, in moments, the shield was webbed with cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the opportunity, he commanded his wolves to charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlord hurled jets of flame; a Catachan Wolf was engulfed, yet it did not falter, smashing headlong into the rising wall of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pack attacked from all sides in a coordinated assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claws tore through the air, teeth ripped away chunks of flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overlord screamed in rage, lashing out with fire again and again, slaying wolf after wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the beasts were too agile, his flames could never strike more than one at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For every wolf he killed, several others tore into him in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as they burned, the wolves' ferocity didn't fade, they always managed to leave their mark before collapsing into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rangdan overlord fell, torn apart by the relentless wolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pack had lost one Thunderwolf and twelve Catachan Wolves, the survivors, all wounded, howled and regrouped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Apothecary Mikael was already tending to the fallen of the Shadows of Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knelt beside a wounded brother, activating the bio-scanner mounted on his forearm. The surgical tendrils on his back moved with precise, mechanical speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, he helped the Astartes to his feet and handed him a vial of green serum, a stimulant brewed from Catachan flora, which numbed pain and restored temporary strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vampire caught another scent, blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and saw a fallen Shadows of Order warrior lying in a pool of crimson. A Rangdan overlord crouched beside the corpse, curiously pawing at the armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mikael sprinted toward him, retrieving gene-seed was his sacred duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his left arm, and a black shadow enveloped the overlord, coalescing into intangible \"Abyss Shackles\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xeno froze, bound in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mikael's gyrinx, raised its paw, launching a telekinetic strike that shattered the overlord's energy shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a howl, the wolf pack surged in, pouncing upon the helpless foe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chief Apothecary's surgical limb switched to a bone saw, cutting open the fallen brother's armor to recover the precious gene-seed within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1297,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","b5f1e31f66b171964a7d6e7ac30cf103ab395787a4183d61c8f0accf0054cb2f","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-327","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-325",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]